FS76 Susie Stamp Alot

This was my first try at SCS's Featured Stamper challenge (FS76). When I started going through Susie's gallery I thought no way am I going to try and CASE this lady. And then I saw a Halloween card that spoke to me. My daughter's birthday is November 1st and she has always had a Halloween themed party. So I pulled out the papers that I wanted to use and let her pick which of my Halloween sets to use. Here is a link to the card I chose to CASE. And here is my card:






Recipe:

Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Only Orange, Basic Black, DP is retired SU Halloween Paper
Ink: Basic Black, Only Orange, Apricot Appeal, Elegant Eggplant, and Orchid Opulance
Stamp Set: Haunting Halloween
Embellishments: Pumpkin Pie Ribbon
Tools: SU oval punch (I think), blender pens and aqua marker (I don't have the SU markers yet)

The things that I changed are the stamp set, the use of ribbon, the DP, where the file folder tab is, and I added a second sentiment.

I also followed Beate's File Folder tutorial to complete the card.

CC175 Almost Wild Saffron

Tuesday's Color Combinations challenge on SplitCoastStampers was Almost Amethyst, Wild Wasabi, and So Saffron (CC175). As soon as I read it I rushed to my craft room and pulled out those stamp pads, then I turned to my stamps and figures out what I was going to do. This is what I came up with.

Recipe:

Stamps - SU Fresh Fruits, PTI Spiral Bouquet (sentiment)

Ink - Almost Amethyst, Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Chocalate Chip

Cardstock - Almost Amethyst, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, DP Sampler Prints

Fresh Fruits is one of my favorite sets. I don't think I will ever let it go. Apparently I also have a thing for tearing paper this week as well. Pears are done with the Rock and Roll technique in Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, and Chocolate Chip. I also masked them to get a layered look. Friends is stamped in Almost Amethyst on the DP in So Saffron.

AFSS26 and TLC177

I started off my day checking my e-mail and I got an e-mail letting me know that someone had commented on my blog. I have to say I love these e-mails, but today was a special one. Nicole Anderson over at Anderson Arts had left me a comment saying congratulations for winning Allison's AFSS25 challenge. SHOCK!!!!! I was on the phone with hubby and just gushed. I've never won any of the blog candy's or challenges that I have done. I have wanted to do more challenges and this was just the incentive that I needed.

Today I combined Allison's AFSS26 using white ink and SplitCoastStampers TLC177 Got Grid? challenges. When I went downstairs to my craft room I found the card that I did for Allison's last challenge lying in the middle of my desk so I used it for my inspiration. I used Regal Rose, Rose Red, and Pretty in Pink cardstock as well as the DP from the Prints Sampler again. I of course used my white craft ink as well as Regal Rose and Rose Red inks. I used my Scor-Pal to make my grid and then I ran the white ink pad over the grid to add some color and texture. I then stamped one of the flower stamps from my favorite set, Paint Prints, three times in white and three times in Regal Rose. I then stamped the sentiment and flower centers in Rose Red. I love how it turned out.

Featured Stamper Challenge FS47

This is one of SCS challenges that I always avoid even looking at, but being that I am in a new house with a new craft room I decided I would try all the challenges over Christmas break. Now for a little background on why a chose this project from Danielle's album. My kids got a game from my mom, Gibby is what the kids call her, called Go Diego Go 123 Game. It is a counting game but it is done with animals, since we are talking about Diego here. And of course my husband and I have never heard of most of them and naturally the kids want to know about all the different animals. So this morning we played a round of the game and then I got online at SCS and peeked at the Featured Stamper's album. And I found this wonderful Happy Holidays Picture Book and the light went on. Make the kids a book to go with the game. We could read about the animals as each one is drawn.

So here is my Go Diego Go 123 Game Animals book that I made for Regan and Alek.

I still need to print out the information on the individual animals but I couldn't wait to share. Thank you Melissa for letting me borrow your Bind-It All, I finally found something to use it for.

Here is a picture of one of the tabs as well and that is one of the game boards in the background:

Recipe:

Paper: black, pumpkin pie, tempting turquoise, green galore, white

Ink: Basic Black

Stamps: Zoofari, Silly Sealife, Rough Edges Alphabet, Brushstroke Upper, Lower, and Numbers

Accesories: Ribbon: Black, Orange, Turquoise

Tools: Bind-It All

Limited Supplies Challenge LSC148

Here is the other card that I made last night in the wee hours. I made this one for SCS's Limited Supplies Challenge.

The Challenge (LSC148) Follow the list #6

Stamps

one stamped image that can be colored

optional: sentiment

optional: an image to ground the main image like an oval, grass, etc.

Paper

any shade of white

2-3 patterns of designer paper

NO other colored cardstock

Tools

NO specialty tools (No punches, No CB, No Piercer, etc)

any coloring tools

sponges OK

Embellishments

one piece of ribbon

Dimensionals are an adhesive!

My Card:

My Recipe:

Stamps: Voila and Backyard BBQ (retired)

Cardstock: Whispering white (sponged with Apricot Appeal)

DP: unknown (I do know that I bought it at AC Moore last summer)

Ink: Apricot Appeal, Real Red, Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Green Galore,

Tools: Blender Pen and Aqua Painter (haven't bought the markers yet, they are on my list)

Splitcoast Stampers Challenge CC146

Well I finally decided to break down and stamp in my nice new room. I have done a couple of SCS's challenges in the past and decided that was the quickest way to get my juices flowing last night. I decided to try the color challenge (cc146) because I hardly ever use my SU Bold Bright colors. I even had to open the Glorious Green ink pad. I love how the card turned out.

The Challenge (CC146) was to use Glorious Green, Green Galore, and Real Red as the color combo.

Recipe:

Cardstock: Whispering White, Real Red, and Green Galore

Ink: Real Red, Green Galore, Glorious Green, Basic Black

Stamps: Paint Prints (retired)

I sponged the Green Galore ink over my stamped image because the white was just way to bright for me. I don't think I will ever get rid of this stamp set. I love it. Plus one of my closest friends sells Creative Memories and I use it for all of her tags that she uses for her business. (Hi Pammy.)

Friday Dirty Girl Challenge - Camria's Pink, Pink, Pink

I have only got one of the Dirty Girl Challenges finished yesterday and it was Cambria's Pink, Pink, Pink. I used a new technique that I recently learned called Faux Tearing because I only had one piece of pink cardstock. I even wrote a tutorial for it, check it out. Here is my card:





Supplies:
Stamps: Paint Prints
Paper: Pretty in Pink
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Non-SU white craft ink
Technique: Faux tearing

Thursday Dirty Girl Challenges

Today I only did 3 of the 4 challenges on SCS's Dirty Girl Challenges (I didn't have any flocking).


Challenge 1 was to make an elegant card and to say why we thought it was elegant. Here is my card:







Stamps: French Script and Too Terrific Tags
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Basic Black and non-SU silver (came from one of those scrapbooking mat stacks)
Other: Sterling Silver embossing powder and silver square brads (three in each corner)
Why it's elegant: I always think of anything French as being elegant and anything that is embossed so I combined the two.


Challenge 2 was Beate's sketch challenge.










Stamps: Carte Postale, Sincere Salutaions, and Leaves a la Carte wheel
Ink: Basic Brown and Versamark
Paper: Pale Plum and Heidi Grace double sided patterned paper
Other: Non-SU ribbon (brown)


I love how this card turned out. At first I didn't have any ribbon underneath the stamped flower of the wheeled background but the card needed something. I added the background image and that still wasn't enough. Then I thought about making a bow with some thick brown ribbon that I had and that was awful. That is when I got the idea to use smaller ribbon and make petals that woule make it look like a flower. Each petal is an individual piece of ribbon. The back is a total mess but I love how it turned out.


Challenge 3 was to only use clear stamps. This was the perfect excuse to break out my new stamps from PapertreyInk.








Stamps: Butterfly Kisses and Thanks (Clearly Wordsworth)
Ink: Almost Amethyst
Paper: Almost Amethst and Palette o' Prints
Other: Primas, brads, and ribbon


I am having a blast with all of these challenges.

Wednesday Dirty Girl Challenges

Dirty Dare '07

WHAT IT IS: A week of stamping challenges for SCS Fan Club Members only, presented by the Dirty Dozen Designers Past and Present. The challenges may consist of something as simple as a single layer card, use of a particular color combination, technique, or even a 3D (non-card) project.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to participate in any or all of the challenges all week long! You may, or may not, have *all* the supplies and materials on-hand to participate in every single one of the 36 challenges presented this week. However, it is highly likely you already have the supplies needed to participate in the majority of them!

Here are Wednesday's Challenges and my cards to go with them.

Challenge #1: DTGDSweetMissDaisy Pet Card
Kock-a-doodle-doooo Fan Clubbers!With my menagerie of farm animals and pets I thought it would be fitting for me to host a challenge that has everything to do with pets! My challenge to you is to create a card that's either For a Pet, From a Pet, or Of a Pet... can be your pet or someone else's.There are all kinds of occasions worthy of a pet card!- Birthday- New Litter- New Critter- Thanks for Pet-Sitting- Get Well...etc... Be creative!Please use the keyword DTGDSweetMissDaisy when uploading. (No spaces)


Stamps: Fish Friends (SU) and Thanks (Clearly Wordsworth)
Ink: Cool Caribbean, Taken with Teal, Tempting Turquoise, and Gable Green
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Taken with Teal, and Whisper White
Markers: Brocade Blue and Certainly Celery
Other: Dazzling Diamonds glitter



Challenge #2: DTGDtexasjodylynn Using Brads

Hi Fan Clubbers! Thank you for joining the kick off day of challenges! After a long day of participating in challenges you may be ready for a nice long bath, but FIRST I want you to bathe your card in BRADS! Don't be shy... you know you have tons of brads sitting there begging to be used, so why not indulge and use lots of them on your card? If you don't have any brads, feel free to use any other material you can think of that has the general appearance of a brad.

Stamps: Little Lady (PapertreyInk)

Ink: Ruby Red and Cameo Coral

Paper: Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, Very Vanilla

Other: Copper Brads

Challenge #3: DTGDStamperSharon - Toile Inspiration

Welcome to the first day of many fun challenges this week, Fan Clubbers! This challenge is easy, all you need is one color of cardstock and/or ink (and embellishments, if desired) and a white or vanilla/cream neutral! We are using toile patterns as our inspiration . . .Wikipedia defines toile as: "…a type of decorating pattern consisting of a white or off-white background on which a repeated pattern … consists of a single color, most often black, dark red, or blue. Greens and magenta toile patterns are less common but not unheard of. Toile is most associated with fabrics (curtains and upholstery in particular), though toile wallpaper is also popular.” So my challenge to you is to create a toile-look card or project that is one color on a white or cream/vanilla background (think of Grandmother’s blue & white patterned china!).

Stamps: Carte Postal and French Flair

Ink: Cranberry Crisp

Paper: Cranberry Crisp and Whisper White

Other: Scallop Scissors

Challenge #4: DTGDgenie1314Sketch Sketch Challenge

Welcome Fan Clubbers to the Dare To Get Dirty Challenges. One of the first challenges that we have for you is a sketch challenge. These are some of my favorite challenges to do, so I figured it would be super fun to host one! For this sketch, you will create a square card or standard dimension card. The sample that I have created uses a card base that measures 5 x 5. Whether creating a square or standard dimension card, you will need to follow the layers as shown. Here is the sketch:

Stamps: Solo R and Solo Y (CTMH)

Ink: Vintage Violet, Lavender Lace, and Almost Amethyst
Paper: Vintage Violet, Lavender Lace, Almost Amethyst, and Whisper White

Other: Vintage Violet Grosgrain Stiched Ribbon

Baroque Motifs Sample & SC 129

I thought this set would go perfect with a technique that I was dying to try using Pearl Ex. I found the tutorial on Amy's Prairie Paper & Ink blog. The tutorial is using Pearl Ex with heat and stick powder from SU. I was going to do a swap with this at my demo's house this Tuesday but I'm not sure if I still am since Pearl Ex is retiring and she won't be able to use it next year. I used the sketch challenge from last week as well (SC 129).

Alek's Altered On Board ATC Trio Album

I totally CASED my album from my demo. I made a few changes but the overall idea came from the album she made for her son. Check it out in her SCS Gallery. I changed out the spine paper and instead of using just his first initial I did his whole name in chip board. It was so much easier than I thought. I just modge podged the letters, stuch them on the paper I wanted, waited 5 minutes and then cut off the excess paper. I used the Designer Label Punch Box's Real Life stamp with the grosgrain ribbon. I thought it was perfect since I am going to keep a wallet of all of Alek's school pictures in it.



Wow just went to SCS to link to the tutorial to do this and there wasn't one. I still have Regan's to do so maybe I will make a tutorial.



I have been wanting to do this for months but I finally got spurred on by one of SCS's challenges. Check it out: WT116 - Never Bored with Chipboard.

Beate's Weekend Sketch #5 and TLC 119

Again I combined two challenges into one card. This time I combined Beate's Weekend Sketch #5 with SCS's Try a New Technique Challenge (TLC 119). I used More Mustard cardstock and the new print palette in So Saffron. I really enjoyed making the origami shirt for this card. Beate's challenge was to make a gate card and I love how that turned out. The only stamping is the sentiment and I stamped that right on to the shirt instead of putting a tie on the shirt. This is the last of the four Father's Day cards that I have to make. I have to say thanks to my SU Demo for reading my blog and giving me more paper to make more cards for last week's challenge. I am still going to do it but instead of more Father's Day cards I am going to do Thank you cards.

Oh I used the tutorial on Cambria's blog to make the shirt.

SCS Color and Sketch Challenges

This week I combined two of SCS's challenges: color challenge and sketch challenge. I didn't use any SU stamps but I did use their paper: Ruby Red and Elegant Eggplant (and Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon). I have started getting into using acrylic stamps and I used two differnt sets on this card: Cleary Wordsworth Thanks stamp set and Autumn Leaves Swirls V:I stamp set. I had to have the thanks stamp set because it has merci (for my mom) and danke (for me). My mom loves to go to Paris and I was born in Germany and went back there for a semester in college.

Color Challenge - CC 117 was to use Certainly Celery, Elegant Eggplant, and Ruby Red on a card.

Sketch Challenge - SC 127

Year End Teacher Gifts

These are the teacher gifts I made for my childrens preschool teachers. The boxes are for the 4 classroom teachers and the 2 name frames are for the director and assistant director. There is no stamping but they were still a lot of fun to make. I also posted these under the SCS TLC 115 challenge.

Double Challenge Card

I made this card for my daughter who is graduating from preschool on Tuesday. I got the idea from Beate's Triple Challenge Card and some of the comments she made about her card, hence the yoyo yellow. When I read about the yellow I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I had a patterned paper that I have had forever that had yellow in it. I had a dark pink metallic cardstock that matched and it all came together. I even gave the primas a try for the very first time. I love this card. This card qualifies for two of the SCS challenges this week, the Sketch Challenge and the Way to Use it Challenge.

My First SCS Challenge Card

I haven't been stamping lately and with Father's Day coming around I needed some help. I decided to check out the daily challenges at SCS and loved the color challenge this week: chocolate chip, cool caribbean, and garden green. All the dads in my life golf so I pulled out the retired Back Nine set and gave the challenge a whirl. I really love how it turned out. I wish out had more chocolate chip paper to make the other 3 cards I need. Oh well, maybe I will try another challenge and come up with something else.

My SU Demo's February Challenge

This was so much fun to do. My SU demo posed a challenge to her friends and customers this month, it was a technique that I hadn't done before so of course I had to try it. You can check out her challenge on her blog if you want to try it. I have had Christmas on my mind from SCS Christmas Card Challenge so I did another Christmas Card using Crazy for Christmas and Tags So Much. I love how it turned out and it was so easy, I might change the color scheme and do this as my March Christmas Card. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!

SCS Christmas Card Challenge - February

This is the card that I made this month for SCS Christmas Card Challenge. They were super easy. I used Buckaroo Blue cardstock, I had a lot left over from the shower invites and name frame that I made for my brand new niece. I used the Swirling Stars wheel with silver ink, punched a hole in the front using the SU tag punch and used the double circle punch to add the ribbon. I stamped the Make Merry, from the hostess set Tags So Much, on whispering white cardstock and punched it out with the new small tag punch and attached it to the inside of the card. It is hard to see the silver in the photo, but it looks really cool in person.

SCS Christmas Card Challenge - January

I didn't get my Christmas cards finished and out last year so when I read about the Christmas Card Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers I signed up. The challenge was to make 10 cards every month from January to November, making a total of 110 cards. Well that is more than I need so I was so excited, I would be able to get them done early. YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

This is how I did my first ten for January.

Stamp Sets: Fun Filled and Crazy for Christmas